Hot gaming systems: Auction for charity

Here is any idea on how Sony, Nintendo, etc should handle hot new gaming systems that sell out too quickly. Put them up for auction (on eBay possibly) and donate proceeds above the retail price to a charity!

Profile Homepage link corrected

If you looked in my Profile and tried to go to my homepage, you would have had problems because I had a typo. I have fixed that now. My homepage is http://www.geocities.com/stauffer_james/

Election Results

Local:
Assembly: John Murtha (R) -- apparently the only Repulican to win Assembly in WI that wasn't an incumbant
Sherriff: Dennis Hillstead (R) kept his position by a wide margin

State:
Attorney General: J.B. Van Hollen (R) barely won
Govenor: Doyle (D) kept his position
Marriage: Passed by a huge margin
Death Penalty: Passed by a wide margin

Federal:
3rd Congressional District: Ron Kind (D) kept his position by a huge margin
U.S. Senate: Kohl (D) kept is position by a huge margin (no surprise because the challenger didn't have much of a campaign)

Why are the Register of Deeds, Country Clerk, Treasurer, and District Attorney partisan positions? AFAIK they don't make policy so it doesn't seem important to me to which party they belong. I only care if they do a good job. Does anyone know why they are partisan?

Also, is one party controlling the House, Senate, and Presidency a sustainable position? How much has that happened in the past? I know that I am wary of it even when they are people that I support.

Election Results

US House:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/general/by_county/us_house/WI.html?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME

State government positions:
http://www.co.saint-croix.wi.us/Departments/CountyClerk/results.htm
http://dunncountywi.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B12B7F9C-0C0C-4C05-B85A-771C0F655851}&DE={8CAB993E-7B15-4B94-95B1-263E77D1434A}
http://www.co.pierce.wi.us/county_clerk/Nov_2006_Results.htm
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/general/by_county/state_sen_house/WI.html?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2006/general/by_county/ballot_other/WI.html?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME

Vote!

Don't forget to vote today! But before you do that, make sure that you research the candidates and other issues so you can make a decision not based on ads and media but on the actual facts.

2nd best choices are the best choices

If you are like me, then in most elections you don't have a perfect candidate as a choice -- you have a choice between someone who is pretty good and someone who is so-so or somewhat bad. I'm glad it is that way. I don't have the perfect candidate as a choice but I also don't have the worst possible candidate as a choice. When someone wins that I don't want to win, I can mostly live with that -- they usually do some good also. (This does not dimish the fact that many unborn babies can't "live with" certain people in power.)

Don't get too discouraged with your choice of candidates -- choose the one who you believe is best and be thankful that you don't have to choose between two completely evil canidates.

Please remember to research the candidates and other ballot questions and then go and vote on Tues! If you don't vote then you don't have a right to complain about what the elected officials decide. If you really don't think either candidate is worth your vote then at least find some name to write in (even if it is your own name) to show that you value that right to vote.

Another Nelson vs. Kind Debate

A TV station hosted another debate and it can be seen at http://www.weau.com/elections